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The current Crown Court was established on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act 1971, [6] establishing a unitary trial court for the whole jurisdiction. With the merging of the various court services into what is now HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Court frequently shares facilities with the County Court and magistrates' courts.
Decisions from England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the European Union, and from the European Court of Human Rights, are put online. It is a partial online database of British and Irish legislation, case law, law reform reports, treaties and some legal scholarship. [1] [2]
The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm. [27] Samuels v Birmingham City Council [2019] UKSC 28: 12 June
Case name Citation Date Legal subject Summary of decision Paul & Anor v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1 11 January 2024 Tort law, Nervous shock: A person cannot claim compensation for a recognised psychiatric illness caused by witnessing the death or injury of a close family member or other loved one due to medical negligence.
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
Backlog has risen every single month this year – as waiting times soar for victims and defendants
The Government is considering “fundamental reform” of the courts after Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures showed the number of criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts in England ...
A body which takes a decision in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity (in this case, the Parole Board), and then declines to defend it when it is challenged in court proceedings, will not ordinarily face an order for costs. [51] Mastercard Incorporated and others v Walter Hugh Merricks CBE [2020] UKSC 51: 11 December 2020 Competition Law